India, Maharashtra state, Wardha district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Wardha

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,443,000

Buddhist

12.3 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

82.5 %

Muslim

4.1 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Atari	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	3,400	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100
Bania Mahesri	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Saitwal	1,700	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Bania unspecified	27,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,500
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Lambadi	1	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barda	100	Marathi	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor Kandra	100	Marathi	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Kannada	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Sunkar	1,500	Kannada	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhampta	3,300	Marathi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoyar	43,000	Hindi	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bidur	7,800	Marathi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	1,300	Gujarati	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	42,000	Hindi	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	8,100	Hindi	1	7,900	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chitara	500	Odia	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	8,200	Hindi	0	8,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	3,400	Gujarati	0	3,100	50	300	-1 -	-1 -	30
Dhangri	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimar	39,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dohor	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garpaguri	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Maria	8,600	Gondi, Northern	1	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Gond Rajgond	35,000	Gondi, Northern	1	34,000	60	80	20	-1 -	500
Gond unspecified	112,000	Hindi	1	110,000	200	300	60	-1 -	1,500
Gosain unspecified	4,500	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gowari	54,000	Marathi	0	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	7,000	Marathi	1	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	9,600	Hindi	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamathi	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	2,400	Telugu	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Marathi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolowar	9,400	Kolami, Northwestern	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Korku	1,800	Korku	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	22,000	Marathi	0	22,000	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	180,000	Gujarati	0	173,000	-1 -	7,500	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Anjna	2,100	Gujarati	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Jadav	15,000	Marathi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Khaire	4,000	Marathi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lonari	4,900	Marathi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Tirole	40,000	Marathi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	2,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,000
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	151,000	Marathi	1	900	-1 -	150,000	-1 -	90	-1 -
Mahli	19,000	Marathi	1	18,000	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Jadhav	2,200	Marathi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	75,000	Marathi	0	73,000	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	300
Mali (Hindu traditions)	64,000	Hindi	0	62,000	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mana	18,000	Marathi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manbhav	600	Marathi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mang Garudi	2,000	Marathi	0	2,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Marathi	1	13,000	-1 -	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nanakshahi	50	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Pardhan	10,000	Pardhan	1	10,000	40	20	-1 -	-1 -	50
Pardhi	4,000	Pardhi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	5,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	3,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Marathi	0	3,700	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	6,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	33,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	200
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	105,000	Hindi	0	102,000	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakkar	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Hindi	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanjara	4,800	Marathi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 85	1,405,000		85 ●	1,163,000	52,000	177,000	200	1,400	12,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 255	1,443,000		242 ●	1,190,000	59,000	177,000	2,800	2,200	13,000

* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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